Wednesday, February 14, 2018

U.S. Cable TV Ratings: 1/8 - 1/14/2018

Ratings highlights for the week of January 8, 2018 - January 14, 2018 on U.S. cable. ESPN's 'Alabama/Georgia' college football championship game on Monday, took the top spot on cable for the week, scoring a huge 8.68 adults 18-49 rating with 27.38 million total viewers. The game also had an 11.5 rating in men aged 18-49 and an 8.88 rating in males 12-34, in the corresponding female demos, the game had a 5.9 and 4.27 rating. The game scored much better in the older demos, notching a 12.58 in adults 50+, a 9.61 in people 25-54, and a 7.37 in adults 18-34. As would be expected in the local markets, the game performed best in the South: hitting its highest household ratings in Birmingham, AL (57.6), Atlanta (47.8), Greenville (31.9), Jacksonville (29.0), Nashville (28.3), Knoxville (28.0), and New Orleans (27.5). The top scripted series on the week was History's 'The Curse of Oak Island' which had a 1.75 adults 50+ rating, a 1.00 adults 25-54 rating, and 3.02 million viewers. Also on the network, 'Vikings' had a 1.25 adults over 50 rating, a 0.71 adults 25-54 rating, and 2.15 million viewers; 'Knightfall' had a 0.76 adults 50+ rating, a 0.35 adults 25-54 rating, and 1.17 million viewers. OWN's 'Haves and the Have Nots' took second on the week with a 0.63 adults 18-49 rating (0.88 in women) and 2.3 million viewers, 'If Loving You is Wrong' had a 0.36 18-49 rating (0.52 in women) and 1.39 million viewers. Showtime's 'Shameless' had a 0.55 18-49 rating with 1.52 million viewers; the series premiere of 'The Chi' had a 0.2 rating with 570,000 viewers. On Freeform, 'grown-ish' had a 0.41 rating in females 12-34, a 0.11 in teens 12-17, a 0.18 in female teens, and 661,000 viewers. 'The Fosters' had a 0.25 rating in teens 12-17, a 0.42 in females 12-17, and 517,000 viewers. The net's other entry, 'Alone Together' had 366,000 viewers. TNT's 'Major Crimes' had a 1.65 rating in adults 50+, a 0.45 in people 25-54, and 2.25 million viewers; 'The Librarians' had a 0.89 rating in adults 50+, a 0.41 in people 25-54, and 1.41 million viewers. Other scripted series of note include: Syfy's 'The Magicians' (782,000), 'Happy!' (623,000), & 'Superstition' (478,000), HBO's 'Divorce' (647,000) & 'Crashing' (453,000), CMT's 'Nashville' (783,000), USA's 'Damnation' (519,000) & 'Falling Water' (413,000), and TV Land's 'Teachers' (434,000)